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davewalker.bsky.social
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
Diagram titled 'Possible causes of your problems'. On the left hand side, subtitled 'Yes': Funding removed from local councils, growing gap between rich and poor, multinational companies not paying their taxes, lack of new affordable housing, government not investing sufficiently in schools and healthcare. On the right hand side, subtitled 'No': Picture of small boat, with arrow; 'People fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine'.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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petitions.bsky.social
New petition: "Include asexuality as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010"

Deadline 8 January 2026, created by Abbie Dunn

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New petition: Include asexuality as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010
Include asexuality in the Equality Act 2010 to prevent discrimination
petition.parliament.uk
July 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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avenofficial.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/a...
'How Clickbait Media Missed the Real Story About Asexuality'
A report by King's College this week exploring prejudicial attitudes towards asexual people prompted an ugly online backlash
bylinetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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dirkmaggs.bsky.social
Utterly absorbing piece about music, parenthood and love.
March 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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terryandrob.bsky.social
Shortly before he died, Terry Pratchett assured me that, if there is an afterlife, he would give me a ring and let me know. That was ten years ago - and still no call. From which, incidentally, I draw no firm conclusions. What if there was an afterlife, but with no phone signal? But of course there is one place where Terry indisputably lives on: in the pages of his books and in the minds of the millions of readers around the world who turn those pages and continue to find them funny and true. For, while his words live on, so does Terry, and that will be the case, no question, not just for this one decade so quickly gone, but for many further decades to come. So let me join Lyn and Rhianna in raising a glass today to the magical persistence of books and to Sir Terry; gone but still so very firmly with us. Rob Wilkins
March 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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goodtimesociety.com
We are so so sorry

youtu.be/tCyi9cmubQ4
I'm so sorry... For not doing this sooner!
YouTube video by Good Time Society
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March 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk
Perfectly said from Rob, here. Incidentally, if you've never seen the *incredible* Choosing To Die documentary, it's on Amazon Freevee, so available to watch whenever you like. www.independent.co.uk/voices/terry...
Passing the assisted dying bill would carry out Terry Pratchett’s final wish
As MPs prepare to vote on enabling terminally ill adults to end their own lives, Rob Wilkins – long-time friend and biographer of the ‘Discworld’ novelist – says Pratchett would be furious at our poli...
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 4:09 PM